I am procrastinating on writing my thesis/paper/studying for a midterm. I joined when I was a senior in high school (2006), but I didn't actively start posting until recently (senior in college, lol). Yup, I am a lurker.

Breathe...just believe.

I had just gotten my first round of straight A's, was feeling good about bringing my GPA up, and saw that this forum had a section called "What are my chances?" and thought I'd share my app stats with people and see what others thought.

I was reading the forums on and off for a couple of years, but I finally joined during my application cycle July of 2009. It and fb are my favorite computer places to be. they should have like a SDN reunion that would be fun.

Oh! I obviously did not realize that the Join Date is posted right there when I created this thread! Thanks for pointing that out.
But, you know, you could have also read the posts above yours and followed by example.

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Oh! I obviously did not realize that the Join Date is posted right there when I created this thread! Thanks for pointing that out.
But, you know, you could have also read the posts above yours and followed by example.

I joined my sophomore year of high school, though I barely posted. When I felt I new enough to start contributing and posting, I deleted my account ( I had my real name in my username ) and made this one...

Seriously? That sucks. Bowie writes spectacular LORs. Then again, you were unofficial for a really long time...then couldn't be bothered to not murder your assignments. You kinda brought it upon yourself...

As for me, I joined in the middle of my MCAT study summer. I post sporadically, but I can't be bothered to keep up with most of the longer, faster moving threads (the Class of 2014 thread is beyond my ability to stick with lol).